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B. SIMMONS.

l ROLLING SCREEN. APPLICATION FILED APRQ24. 191e.

Patented Dee. 2, 1919.

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BEN SIMMON' S, 0F LARKIN S, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO MATTHEW HAMOND,

- F LARKINS, FLORIDA.

ROLLING SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led April 24, 1918. Serial No. 230,481.

To aZZavwm t may concern.' Be 1t known that I, BEN SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laradaptedfor attachment on` either the in side or outside of a Window frame, a par-l ticular featureof the invention residing in its simplicity of construction, effectiveness in operation and cheapness of manufacture.

Thev invention is vfurther designed to provide a rolling screen, the rollin member of which is carried in a suitablev ousing, the

screen being capable of being withdrawn from the rolling member, so as to shield a used.

A further purpose of the invention resides in a novel construction of guides .engaging the side edges of the screen when the latter is withdrawn from its roller, the guides themselves being provided with appropriate notches f for engagement by fresilient latch members carried by the screen itself, whereby the screen may be held 'in full extended position or in a positionewhere it is only partially extended.

Still further and other purposes of the invention will appear in the following detailed description.

To the exact construction in which it is window opening with which the device is shown and described, the invention is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make such changes .or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest, in

so far 'as such changes or alterations are comprehended in splrit by' the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fi re 1 is a View infront elevation,4

showlng the practical application of the in- Vention, certain broken away,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe structure of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3' of Fig.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing one of the guides in cross section. Referring to the drawings, there is shown a window frame A on which the improved as is the conventional shade roller.

parts of the figure being.

rolling screen B is mounted, the Window comprising the vertical Stiles 1, the sill 2 and the sash 3.

The screen is composed of a cylindrical housing 4 which is closed at either end, and which 1s provided at these closed ends with feet 5 by means of which the housing may be supported on the vertical stiles 1 through the medium of appropriate screws which pass through body holes in the feet and thread into the Stiles 1. Interior to the housing 4, there is supported a spring actuated roller 6 which simulates the conventional shade roller, the roller 6 being supported in the housing in such a way as to permit its being operated in the same rrvy e roller 6 carries the wire fabric (or cloth fabric whichever it may be) 7, which fabric is appropriately attached to' the roller by any acceptablepmeans of attachment. It is designed to be rolled onto and off of the roller 6, so that it may be made to shield theV windowopening when desired or removed from such shielding position when so desired.

The housing 4 is provided with a longii tudinal opening 8 through which the screen passes when being rolled onto or off of the roller. p

rllhe lower edge of the screen 7 carries a transversely disposed bar 9, which acts as a finish for the lower edge ofthe screen, and which in addition to this operates as a support for the latch members 10, these two latch 'members 10 being slidably held on the bar 9 by means, of strap members 11.-

The two latch members l0 are united by Y means of a U-shaped member l2, which is centrally positioned between the two inner strap members 11. This U-shaped member 12' 1s made an integral part of the latch members, and its formation into the shapeY of a U provides enough resiliency vto keep the latch members ressed toward the vertical stiles of the window frame, the movement of these two latch members toward the said stiles being limitedby stop pins 13 which abut the side edges of the two inner strap members 1l.

To protect the screen 7 at its side edges and to aid it in e'ectively shielding the Wmdow opening, there are provided guide members 14 which are channel shape 1n cross section, and which are provided with the latereral recesses are designed for engagement by the latch members 10, the ends of which are Z-shape to permit the free ends 17 of the Zs to overlap those flanges of the channels in which the notches are formed. Since the screen 7 passes betweenthe legs or flanges of the guides, thebar 9 which is attached to the lower end ofthe screen also slidably engages between these legs. Thus the overlapping free ends 17 of the latch members serve to keep the bar 9 nearest that flange in which the notches 16 are formed,l thereby keeping the screen 7 from damaging frictional engagement with the remaining flange, since otherwise the .bar 9 wouldl tend to cause the screen where it connects with the bar to rub against said remaining Ii'ange. 'B0

Itis obvious that the latch members 10 may be disengaged from the'recesses 16 by the applicationA .of a pressure on the U- shaped memiber 12'to force the two legs -of the latter together. The roller 6 thereafter will operate to raise the screen.

The notches 16 positioned above the lowermost notches 16 provide a means for securlng the screen in a partially extended position, such as wouldbe desirablewere it' necessaryvto raise the screen for the purpose of' passing some object through the window.

From the foregoing description and thel accompanying drawings, itis thought that.

the construction and operation of the invention has been set forth clearly enough to render further description unnecessary.

rlhe invention-having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:vv

In a device of the kind described, a spring l actuated roller, means for operatively mount- 1n the same on a window frame, a wlndow shielding element carried on the said rollerV and adapted to be wound thereon or un' wound therefrom, channel-shaped. guides provided with means for attachment to the vertical stiles of a window iframe, the said guide receiving the side edges of the said element 'between their flanges, one iange of each guide being-provided withla pluralityositioned adj a'- of notches one of which is ar attached to cent the window frame, a

' the lower end of said window shielding element and having its ends engaged between the flanges of. sa1d guides, straps secured to said bar, and latch members slidably,mount ed in said straps the latch membeirs'being united at their adjacent endsl .by `a1 J-shaped memberwhich -is made an inte ra part ofv them, the vU-shapedv member bemgresilient and tending to force theA latch ,members in opposite d1rection so that their opposite ends may engage in4 the notches on theflan s of thegu1de,lwhereby1thewindow shie din element may 'be positively held in extend@ position, or shifted tb a position of vpartial closure b pressing on'iopposite sides of the U-shape member to 'force its legs toward each other andther'eby withdraw the latch member from engagement in said noiches' h f1 is t n testimony W ereo a X m signa ure.

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